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adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are obviously of great interest, but not really the only thing they should animate us and we talk about the largest country in the middle east. when i thought we were delivering fighter jets to the egyptian military, i just asked myself, what message does this send? the rule should be not the foreign aid is bad and not that foreign aid is good and not that military assistance is good or bad, it is the u.s. taxpayer dollar used to further u.s. tax your interest and every time a new government comes into power, we should take that aid down to zero and build it anew. doe
adding a mac >> foreign-policy and especially security systems. this is another area where congress really has a role to play. the administration is basically decided that mohamed morsi at egypt is the new mubarak. the guy in the seat we will now help. it's completely indifferent to what our aid program should look like and what the desired outcome and egypt should be. the only thing they appear to be interested in is the continuation of the israeli egyptian camp david accords, which are...
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>> guest: the obama administration was split between two camps in foreign policy. on the one hand you had a wave of people i would describe typically described as a liberal internationals, people who do believe in the mission of the u.n. not to be this kind of diplomatic table where everybody negotiates and argues and debates but something which is actually supposed to take on aspects of global governance and aspects of sovereignty from sovereign states, and the united states traditionally has been very suspicious, liberal/conservative doesn't matter and the reason we are the world's hegemon and we are not going to wind up seeing that authority to the united nations but there was a very significant chunk of the incoming foreign policy establishment to the obama administration who really do believe this and thought this was the way forward. at the same time they were counterbalanced by a wing of the democratic party and the obama administration and led by secretary clinton, new liberal realists who have looked at the bush idealism, we call it neoconservatism in fore
>> guest: the obama administration was split between two camps in foreign policy. on the one hand you had a wave of people i would describe typically described as a liberal internationals, people who do believe in the mission of the u.n. not to be this kind of diplomatic table where everybody negotiates and argues and debates but something which is actually supposed to take on aspects of global governance and aspects of sovereignty from sovereign states, and the united states...
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i think there is something of a positive reaction on the foreign policy front. i think there has been to making go too far but at the moment i think it's quite healthy, a certain reticence to repeat injury what we did in iraq and afghanistan and the. i think that's healthy. the greater emphasis on asia i think is healthy. this recognition of the unique possibly for north america i think again is healthy. i see correct is going on in the foreign policy that a welcome and i see an eight strengths and great potential domestically, so yeah, i think of it all that it would be hard not to be optimistic. but it's not inevitable we get it right and that's again can why did i buy this book? is to put out the argument, look, like most people i work in the ideas business. and i believe that ideas matter. and what is hoping is that by putting out ideas like this like i tried to in this book, it could help kind of influence or contribute to the debate in this country about where we're going and how we get there at and that if people are sympathetic to this sort of a just abo
i think there is something of a positive reaction on the foreign policy front. i think there has been to making go too far but at the moment i think it's quite healthy, a certain reticence to repeat injury what we did in iraq and afghanistan and the. i think that's healthy. the greater emphasis on asia i think is healthy. this recognition of the unique possibly for north america i think again is healthy. i see correct is going on in the foreign policy that a welcome and i see an eight strengths...
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policy debacles there is a problem there. the secretary of defense to orchestrated the escalation of the 30 years later spoke of his regret we could count listen that it was a failure of the imagination to realize if french were the best informed westerners and we deny take them seriously because we assumed they had in for us. as the book recounts i went to their records and the french archives and what the advisers were telling him and they were not saying those americans had no coulter but what they said was they analyzed the intelligence the rich getting from vietnam vietnamese exiles were concentrated in paris they had a lot of good information and tried to step -- help with us but we could not hear it. >>host: are there times with other nations in type feelings the entire roman empire? >> that is the right question to ask and in that era of the golden age of the british empire officials will talk about the notion of why they encountered resistance in the indian colony but the explanation was when people rise up for criti
policy debacles there is a problem there. the secretary of defense to orchestrated the escalation of the 30 years later spoke of his regret we could count listen that it was a failure of the imagination to realize if french were the best informed westerners and we deny take them seriously because we assumed they had in for us. as the book recounts i went to their records and the french archives and what the advisers were telling him and they were not saying those americans had no coulter but...
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many foreign policy people think we are headed in that direction again. instead of acting like the source of power it competes on the world stage and we see that happening already. but it was also the information age in the world was shrinking with this dealership and a huge plume of newspaper publishing sought the same time the national conflicts take place others bring nations closer. in the diplomatic row that mitt nothing was private anymore they complain diplomacy has so new few secrets those are the words 150 years ago, carl marks was also a contemporary and wrongly predicted globalization would have national differences to disappear but he was right about the forces shaping the world into pro for the new york tribune a paper of a circulation of to the thousand that lincoln read all the least of riding towards the beginning of the civil war he had to deal with this world with all the vintages and drawbacks know he had the capability to speak directly to european newspaper readers he viewed that partly as a tool of international relations the of thou
many foreign policy people think we are headed in that direction again. instead of acting like the source of power it competes on the world stage and we see that happening already. but it was also the information age in the world was shrinking with this dealership and a huge plume of newspaper publishing sought the same time the national conflicts take place others bring nations closer. in the diplomatic row that mitt nothing was private anymore they complain diplomacy has so new few secrets...
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will change our foreign policy. my concerns china gets 70% of its energy supplies from the middle east. india about the same. and europe as well. and the global economy is so interlinked that even if the u.s. isn't dependent on middle eastern oil i feel like unstable in the region will hurt the chinese economy and the european economy. so, i think we should step back, do less, not engage ground invasion but not ignore the middle east, because it's going to -- turbulence there will impact the worldwide oil prices. and we have seen it with the european debt crisis. if there's economic problems in europe, we have economic problems here. sure. >> going back to -- sorry. >> that's all right. >> going back to this gentleman's question, if you think about iran, say, about the middle east, but you have the same moderate, we hope, some moderate muslims, and then you have the ruling elite, which are -- who are very radical muslims. how can we support the moderate without tainting them in the eyes of their own people? it's a p
will change our foreign policy. my concerns china gets 70% of its energy supplies from the middle east. india about the same. and europe as well. and the global economy is so interlinked that even if the u.s. isn't dependent on middle eastern oil i feel like unstable in the region will hurt the chinese economy and the european economy. so, i think we should step back, do less, not engage ground invasion but not ignore the middle east, because it's going to -- turbulence there will impact the...
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policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why sometimes the personalities didn't jell. i think it was the times that set the precedent. we think about people with internal dynamics. islamic think about the team have strong views because strong views are important you don't want a president who's just hearing one side of the story but think that the team dynamics. >> let's talk a little about latin america and the caribbean to the debt is a success to focus on latin america and the caribbean as a region in developing a u.s. policy given the fact that so many of the country's different in so many of them. i think about latin america and the carib
policy team he in the past years we've had foreign policies but never necessarily have the had this kind of substantive expertise that you have. >> we have on the foreign policy team quite experienced foreign policy, she had been the secretary of defense before and vice president cheney had been the chief of staff and the white house, colin powell had been chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and the national security we had a lot of expertise but i really to this day not quite sure why...
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government leverages technology to foreign policy. so i found it interesting that obamacare campaign hired 300 data analysts to look at the messenger, the policy, what platform. if you look at the state department for the national security counsel, i think there is a zero or a handful of data analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the dash board saying it's a policy, this is messenger. this the platform that we should use? could you go beyond social media and sort of share your thought on leverage data to form foreign policy? >> the current problem is still that -- the good news is the foreign policy apparatus or the importance of technology. the problem is we still view in foreign policy technology through the lens of public diplomacy and communicating. i'm not touting the importance of public diplomacy and communicating. that's one instrument of stay craft. the bigger sort of role of the technology can play is in how it empowers local entity and individuals who address local challenges. there's
government leverages technology to foreign policy. so i found it interesting that obamacare campaign hired 300 data analysts to look at the messenger, the policy, what platform. if you look at the state department for the national security counsel, i think there is a zero or a handful of data analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the dash board saying it's a policy, this is messenger. this the platform that we should use? could you go beyond social media...
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policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our government, and so many ways to fail. in essence, this book is sort of a primer for a president and how does he or she should think about organizing its foreign policy initiatives and what the role of the white house is versus the state department and the defense department. we're fortunate that elliot will be here. he is going to talk for about a half an hour, and then we'll have, hopefully, a robust question and answer period. and at about 7:30 we'll convene in the atrium for cocktails, and i will mentio
policy. how do all of these moving parts work together, and what are the best ways for them to work together? just think of it, the response to any issue confronting our nation has to survive this complex gauntlet including the white house, the state department, the defense department, the justice department, probably others, and not to mention all the subgroups in each of these establishments that can be counted on to disagree with one another. so many different world views embedded in our...
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but foreign policy is about choosing. foreign policy, like all public policy,ing about priority. it's sometimes about not letting the urgent crowd out the important. and what we have to do is look at not simply the middle east or to use the cliche, one square on the chess board, we have to look at the entire chess board and look at the middle east compared to everything else we want to do across the world and here at home. and we also have to know something about the middle east. one of the thing wes learned from vietnam, from iraq and from afghanistan, is we can sit around inside the beltway and debate this or that generalization of foreign policy, but at some point it comes up against local realities. geographical. historical, political, economic. there are real realities in the middle east, and we may say we want syria in the next six months or year to be a peaceful, thriving democracy, whether everybody is reading the federalist papers in arabic translation. i wish you well. ain't going to happen. but as a result we have too adjust our foreign policy accordingly. if we had th
but foreign policy is about choosing. foreign policy, like all public policy,ing about priority. it's sometimes about not letting the urgent crowd out the important. and what we have to do is look at not simply the middle east or to use the cliche, one square on the chess board, we have to look at the entire chess board and look at the middle east compared to everything else we want to do across the world and here at home. and we also have to know something about the middle east. one of the...
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we continue to work for an immigration policy, but also a foreign policy that looks at our neighbors in the hemisphere and takes back to the new realities. opportunities are being missed. in the 60s and 70s has no forward. the latino community wants to be a part of the future, is excited about it. i especially challenge our young people to get activated to become out of date too engaged policymakers, older generation are doing it. we need to young people to help us address the urban crisis we are experiencing about this country, but i would want to do is to contribute. [applause] >> i want to thank you again. i want to thank my good friend, antonio gonzales. this conversation is historic because it doesn't just encompass the discussion about immigration. you know, what i was hurt here today as we discussed the issue of economic parents of this community. this is the economic engine of this country and the faster the rest of the country embraces the concept, the greater we will all be for it. you know, i am incredibly proud to be an immigrant. i am incredibly proud to be latino and i
we continue to work for an immigration policy, but also a foreign policy that looks at our neighbors in the hemisphere and takes back to the new realities. opportunities are being missed. in the 60s and 70s has no forward. the latino community wants to be a part of the future, is excited about it. i especially challenge our young people to get activated to become out of date too engaged policymakers, older generation are doing it. we need to young people to help us address the urban crisis we...
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i don't want to go through every foreign policy crisis in the book. i want you to read it and buy it and i want to talk about one in particular which is a good representative. toward the beginning of the war, france invaded mexico and by 1863 french troops conquered mexico city. by the following year napoleon iii had installed his, but on the mexican thrown. in the middle of this domestic crisis lincoln had a major challenge to the monroe doctrine south of the rio grande. you might say what could lincoln do? he didn't have a choice. there was a war raging at home, can't do anything about mexico but he did have a choice and many americans, some his allies and some enemies were urging him to take action specifically to invade mexico. there were people who thought the union and confederate armies reconcile, invade and drive napoleon's troops out and get a peace conference late in the war the compared vice president made this case as did some hawkish members of congress, some of lincoln's advisers. at times lincoln seems to share that view. a visitor reca
i don't want to go through every foreign policy crisis in the book. i want you to read it and buy it and i want to talk about one in particular which is a good representative. toward the beginning of the war, france invaded mexico and by 1863 french troops conquered mexico city. by the following year napoleon iii had installed his, but on the mexican thrown. in the middle of this domestic crisis lincoln had a major challenge to the monroe doctrine south of the rio grande. you might say what...
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first, maybe just a few words on china's foreign policy. and i promise i will not repeat the official china line. rather, i was like to offer my personal points of view. on what is behind the official point of view and how all this could be seen in proper setting. because china's foreign policy has been the subject, that many people have studied, discussed, written about and lectured on. it is a subject that is very often misunderstood. so as we visit this policy, under the policy level for a closer look at china's history and culture, behind the formulation of the policy, it is extremely important. and to connect the dots of history, culture and the foreign policy formulation is even more important. china's foreign policy could be summarized in a very simple and brief formulation. the independent foreign policy of peace. now here we have few words. independence and peace. and i believe these two words actually define the nature of the whole policy. first, independence. why independence is so important for china's foreign policy and for the
first, maybe just a few words on china's foreign policy. and i promise i will not repeat the official china line. rather, i was like to offer my personal points of view. on what is behind the official point of view and how all this could be seen in proper setting. because china's foreign policy has been the subject, that many people have studied, discussed, written about and lectured on. it is a subject that is very often misunderstood. so as we visit this policy, under the policy level for a...
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at the moment the international economy is a little shaky and there are some foreign policy hot spots that are quite worrisome that a strong president with the backing of the congress and the nation that i didn't like might be preferable, certainly preferable to the weak one that i didn't like. but in a fury it was even preferable to one that i did like. i might not like the idea of the president but we might have to take that kind of change if we want to skate two years in a very strange presidency. >> [inaudible] >> i don't know. every now and then come every four years or so, i get out the binoculars and go watch the republicans build their societies and so on. [laughter] i really don't like -- i don't enjoy following politics much day today. i did it for about ten years and that is enough. >> how bout bill bennett and gertrude? >> they would be very interesting. a very interesting ticket. the next time i talk to anybody over at the rnc conwell moved that -- i will moot that. [applause] >>> book tv is a visit to annapolis maryland continues with the hope to the total of comcast. we
at the moment the international economy is a little shaky and there are some foreign policy hot spots that are quite worrisome that a strong president with the backing of the congress and the nation that i didn't like might be preferable, certainly preferable to the weak one that i didn't like. but in a fury it was even preferable to one that i did like. i might not like the idea of the president but we might have to take that kind of change if we want to skate two years in a very strange...
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in what you might call the foreign-policy security venue. like many in this room i grow up during the cold war and yet i got to this point. what did it was really two things. if i had to sum it up in a sense because the united states has overreached abroad and we have underperformed at home and i'm worried as a result. i think we overreached abroad over the last few decades first in iraq and then secondly in afghanistan when we tried to remake that country. and as i watched some of the debates going on about syria i'm concerned we seem to have lost that, we haven't seemed to learn that lesson indeed as recently as today in the new york times people are saying it's time already to get over iraq. i don't want to get over iraq. i want to learn the lessons of iraq and apply those lessons so i'm worried that the united states has seriously over reached and it has allowed its foreign-policy with this emphasis in particular on the middle east and particularly remaking the middle east. that is not i believe either's possible or strategically wise an
in what you might call the foreign-policy security venue. like many in this room i grow up during the cold war and yet i got to this point. what did it was really two things. if i had to sum it up in a sense because the united states has overreached abroad and we have underperformed at home and i'm worried as a result. i think we overreached abroad over the last few decades first in iraq and then secondly in afghanistan when we tried to remake that country. and as i watched some of the debates...
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i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home. earlier in our history, a germans were active in german affairs in the late 19th century. keeping their links to their homeland alive through language societies and the movement and ore things in american cities. italians, after the first world war, when they finally start to find their footing in america. have organizations that speak to the united states government about what is going on back home. both pro and antimussolini. a strong strain of hard left activism, antifash schism in american cities. and also a group strong group of americans who believe that
i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home....
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government leverage its technology to foreign policy. i just found it interesting that the obama campaign hired 380 analyst to look at who is a messenger, what is the policy, what platform. and if you look at the state department and the national security council, i think there is zero or a handful of the analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the deaths were saying, this is the policy, this is the messenger, this is the platform that we should use. so, could you go beyond social media and soda share your thoughts on how to leverage data to form foreign policy? >> the current problem is still -- the good news is the foreign policy apparatus gets the boards of technology. the problem is, we still view in foreign policy technology to the lens of public diplomacy in communicating, and i am not discounting the importance of public diplomacy and communicating, but that is just one instrument of statecraft. the bigger sort of role that technology can play is in how it empowers local entities and individua
government leverage its technology to foreign policy. i just found it interesting that the obama campaign hired 380 analyst to look at who is a messenger, what is the policy, what platform. and if you look at the state department and the national security council, i think there is zero or a handful of the analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the deaths were saying, this is the policy, this is the messenger, this is the platform that we should use. so,...
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we had a dysfunctional foreign policy, we had this problem of the baby boom generation. and we have a 12 from kindergarten education system. it is not too late. we have about that kind of timeframe in order to start moving. if we don't move soon, it becomes almost impossible to fix this without upheaval. i happen to actually be fairly optimistic. i do think two things. i think the american sense of life, americans fundamentally don't like big government. when times seem to be moving the wrong direction, sometimes we are surprised. i think this is a nice caviar. the biggest thing that we have going for us is that we have the best ideas. the bad news is that things have railed over and over again. people tell me how surprised they were when the soviet union failed. but communism always fails. it did not surprise me at all. the question is when it does, will we be there with the right ideas to move the country in the right direction. even though i think we will win because we have the right ideas. in regards to individual objects, i think we had problems economically and pr
we had a dysfunctional foreign policy, we had this problem of the baby boom generation. and we have a 12 from kindergarten education system. it is not too late. we have about that kind of timeframe in order to start moving. if we don't move soon, it becomes almost impossible to fix this without upheaval. i happen to actually be fairly optimistic. i do think two things. i think the american sense of life, americans fundamentally don't like big government. when times seem to be moving the wrong...
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government leverages technology to foreign policy. so i found it interesting that obamacare campaign hired 300 data analysts to look at the messenger, the policy, what platform. if you look at the state department for the national security counsel, i think there is a zero or a handful of data analysts. so does it look like our ambassadors are like campaign managers for the dash board saying it's a policy, this is messenger. this the platform that we should use? could you go beyond social media...
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they are developing a foreign policy against the united states. i think it's important to raise those issues. you know, these issues need to be discussed, and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think, i know that some people don't like the word nation building. they say, well, we don't have to be in the business of nation building, we heard that during the iraq crisis and others. no, i think in the case of latin america we need to, we need to be involved in nation building. and nation building means institution building. we are doing it. sometimes we are succeeding, sometimes we are not. but i think it's important to strengthen democracy, to strengthen the legal system, to help them build and educate them how to build their democratic institutions. even teach them how our parties work. i know we are not that happy with the way our parties work, but, you know, how to respond more to constituencies. i'm not saying that the united states has the ability to solve their problems, you know? sometimes, you know, you t
they are developing a foreign policy against the united states. i think it's important to raise those issues. you know, these issues need to be discussed, and the importance of democracy in the region. in terms of civil society, i think, i know that some people don't like the word nation building. they say, well, we don't have to be in the business of nation building, we heard that during the iraq crisis and others. no, i think in the case of latin america we need to, we need to be involved in...
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and the president's approval rating on foreign policy was 34%. this is not an expedient decision for the president. he believed we had to act. he also flipped the decision making process on its head. usually you move the decision up from the deputy and the principle of the president. this turned it upside down. the only principle that approved this is madeline, leon, and the nfc folk. not anybody else at the time. we dispatched them to go to the european with a different posture which called tell don't ask. and the posture was we're going to do this. with you or without you. and the europeans said with us. and -- a few weeks later he uponned it and what began was operation delivered force. 11 days of intensive bombing of syria. 3,000. 60 targets. at one point the u.n. asked us to pause the bombing. the bombing continued and after 11 days -- agree to ceasefire and two weeks later peace conference patterson air force base where whole brooke, and general and others an extraordinary brilliant negotiation hammered out what became the peace accord. so
and the president's approval rating on foreign policy was 34%. this is not an expedient decision for the president. he believed we had to act. he also flipped the decision making process on its head. usually you move the decision up from the deputy and the principle of the president. this turned it upside down. the only principle that approved this is madeline, leon, and the nfc folk. not anybody else at the time. we dispatched them to go to the european with a different posture which called...
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the executive director refers to china's foreign policy, whichever decreases disgusting as an international family planning program. one of the board numbers wrote a letter to the editor of "the new york times" in the 80s and said i think china has developed one of the most humane and rational population policies in the world. that's unbelievable. this is information that hasn't caught up to the broader conservative movement because it's just the commanders to that immigration restriction is part of the litmus test. it's not because these people don't have a conservative bone in their body. for environmentalists and they are radically pro-abortion. not pro-choice, pro-abortion. this is something we'll be pushing quite a bit as we try and educate to grassroots, you know, what does the immigration restriction movement stands for quite when you write a check, as a member of congress, who are your supporting them what is the ultimate goal here? is 180 degrees opposed to mainstream thinking. key in the center-right community i must start with a blank slate and talk about benefits economically, f
the executive director refers to china's foreign policy, whichever decreases disgusting as an international family planning program. one of the board numbers wrote a letter to the editor of "the new york times" in the 80s and said i think china has developed one of the most humane and rational population policies in the world. that's unbelievable. this is information that hasn't caught up to the broader conservative movement because it's just the commanders to that immigration...
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and i've noticed because i spend all my time looking at foreign policy issues broadly and because iran is one of my issues is that is increasingly true in washington. is it because we have defeated the iranian nuclear weapons program? is it because our dialogue with the iranians has borne fruit? is it because the iranian government has had second thoughts? is it because the europeans and their ongoing dialogue with the iranian government about the nuclear program has been successful? or is it none of the above? the honest answer, of course, is it's none of the above. the bigst problem is that there is an incredible blossoming of threats around the world right now, and we had a lot to talk about before we could even come to iran. worse yet, our government is -- and i would say many, many on the right and the left -- are bored with iran. i think that the tacit notion is that containment is a very good option because this, after all, is the year in which iran will get nuclear weapons. and for those of you who have a slightly longer memory than some in the washington press, you'll remember
and i've noticed because i spend all my time looking at foreign policy issues broadly and because iran is one of my issues is that is increasingly true in washington. is it because we have defeated the iranian nuclear weapons program? is it because our dialogue with the iranians has borne fruit? is it because the iranian government has had second thoughts? is it because the europeans and their ongoing dialogue with the iranian government about the nuclear program has been successful? or is it...
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foreign policy in a crisis which is all about of the times when presidents and other foreign leaders decide not to intervene are not to use force because the legal advisers still in that it is unlawful which are stores that most people don't know. >> we only had a moment when something like some lawful. a legal adviser comes up with the rationale. >> but in the u.k. they literally have this debate on parliament. they had a commission coming hearings, they had the former legal adviser of the united kingdom and had resigned in protest of the 2003 invasion saying that it was unlawful. and by a very narrow margin the parliament said, we think it would be unlawful to intervene. we will not allow you to do that the u.s. is saying, well, maybe we have to ask our congress for permission since u.s. to parliament. our congress is going to say no. so of a sudden because the illegality was so murky it made it much more difficult. >> and the story they you just described explains why all of this actually matters. had that been a true moment in definition this would be a very different conversatio
foreign policy in a crisis which is all about of the times when presidents and other foreign leaders decide not to intervene are not to use force because the legal advisers still in that it is unlawful which are stores that most people don't know. >> we only had a moment when something like some lawful. a legal adviser comes up with the rationale. >> but in the u.k. they literally have this debate on parliament. they had a commission coming hearings, they had the former legal...
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the policy of our country, foreign policy, all the instruments of power it that you use to frame a policy must be driven with some higher purpose. i mentioned purpose, we lost purpose. we have been about ricocheting crisis to crisis. there's no strategic thinking, hasn't been strategic thinking for a long time in our foreign policy. it is the point i keep making. so does dick lugar who is one of the most accomplished foreign policy thinkers in the country as i do joe biden, one of the best. they talked about this for years. you must frame a strategic context first and then you frame the policy to fit the strategic context, the national interest of your country. what john bose. millennium john's account. that was one of the more creative things we have done. it is bigger than that. until we get a president that does that, then is able to implement, by the way in partnership with the congress, doesn't mean the congress has to agree with everything but you can't treat article i of the constitution like it is an appendix, like it is a nuisance. if for no other reason you can't sustain a forei
the policy of our country, foreign policy, all the instruments of power it that you use to frame a policy must be driven with some higher purpose. i mentioned purpose, we lost purpose. we have been about ricocheting crisis to crisis. there's no strategic thinking, hasn't been strategic thinking for a long time in our foreign policy. it is the point i keep making. so does dick lugar who is one of the most accomplished foreign policy thinkers in the country as i do joe biden, one of the best....
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i see correctives in the area of foreign policy and strength and great potential domestically and i have been given that it is hard not to. but it is not inevitable to get it right to. to put up the argument. i work in the idea business and i believe ideas matter and i am hoping by putting out ideas like this it can help influence or contribute to the debate about where we're going and how we get there and if people are sympathetic to what we should do should not be doing, there is no reason optimism doesn't become reality. >> thank you very much. i am really happy you wrote this book because there are a lot of books that are interesting and richard will be signing the book after this session but there are also those that are constructive and i think it pushes us to the debate we need as a country and whenever i have agreed with richard over the years it always means he gets into some kind of trouble. [laughter] i hope the only means they read the book and think about it. it is about restoring internal sources of power and balance to what the united states aims to do in the world and how
i see correctives in the area of foreign policy and strength and great potential domestically and i have been given that it is hard not to. but it is not inevitable to get it right to. to put up the argument. i work in the idea business and i believe ideas matter and i am hoping by putting out ideas like this it can help influence or contribute to the debate about where we're going and how we get there and if people are sympathetic to what we should do should not be doing, there is no reason...
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his foreign policy became much more assertive. he also realized when trying to engage with international public, it was very difficult -- it was proving to be very difficult for russia because the negative image that the world had of russia. so they decided they had to do something about it. we should also remember that the international context of getting a little more -- a little more hostile, if you may, you know, for russia because of the extension of nato. because the war in afghanistan and iraq which was not too far from russian borders. and the -- spreading and moving across the space. and a lot of russians saw that as being a western mastermind sort of project, you know. and they realized they have to do something. they have to revamp it or actually start it in term of improving their image abroad. so what a did they do? i'll provide some examples here, and there are many. i'll cover a couple and focus mostly on what the government has been trying to do specifically the government you talked about, you know, other comings
his foreign policy became much more assertive. he also realized when trying to engage with international public, it was very difficult -- it was proving to be very difficult for russia because the negative image that the world had of russia. so they decided they had to do something about it. we should also remember that the international context of getting a little more -- a little more hostile, if you may, you know, for russia because of the extension of nato. because the war in afghanistan...
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deeply interested in foreign policy. i had just joined his staff, and he an act of great charity, he thought, invited me to join him for a meeting with the national security adviser in the white house. i had never been to the white house. i had never met a national security adviser, and it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. [laughter] because zbig, as you can see here is brilliant but a little twinkly right now. he's kind of charming and el fin. [laughter] and, you know, when i met him in the white house, hef just as intimidating human being as you could possibly be. and i felt ill at ease for the whole meeting. having said that, i also then -- they were talking about an issue, i think the issue had to do with north korean gun boats. some kind of issue around that. he peels away strategic layer after strategic layer and began with the incident then with the north koreans then with the situation an the korean peninsula, then with the chinese, and then with the russians, and then with our interests. it
deeply interested in foreign policy. i had just joined his staff, and he an act of great charity, he thought, invited me to join him for a meeting with the national security adviser in the white house. i had never been to the white house. i had never met a national security adviser, and it was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life. [laughter] because zbig, as you can see here is brilliant but a little twinkly right now. he's kind of charming and el fin. [laughter] and, you know,...
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i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home. earlier in our history, a germans were active in german affairs in the late 19th century. keeping their links to their homeland alive through language societies and the movement and ore things in american cities. italians, after the first world war, when they finally start to find their footing in america. have organizations that speak to the united states government about what is going on back home. both pro and antimussolini. a strong strain of hard left activism, antifash schism in american cities. and also a group strong group of americans who believe that
i have a question about foreign policy and about the future. we talked about in our community the human bridge between united states and the rest of the region and how it can express itself in modern diplomacy. i know you're a specialist not only in this but foreign policy. i wanted to hear your thoughts on that. >> if you look at the broad arc of american history, every group that has come here has, first, had to find its feet, then has something to say about what is going on back home....
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i just want to go back and said foreign policy. we don't have the luxury if we want to compete in the global economy we must compete. i agree with senator corker. maybe we should have been up for an economic position but will you utilize the state to try to get the president to work with us to solve the issue because this is a matter of prioritizing spending and i don't think we can continue to tax the american economy. we need economic growth but it's about prioritizing spending. i have conservative beliefs foreign aid can be useful, but we have to get our spending out of control. we utilize the position to encourage the president to work with us in good faith to solve the debt and deficit issue >> i spent six months i guess it was or five months as a member of the super committee. and i put an enormous amount of energy and hope that we would be able to get the bigger bargain. i'm not here to go through the details of why we didn't, that there was a very hard line monitor negotiating position that prevented us from being able to c
i just want to go back and said foreign policy. we don't have the luxury if we want to compete in the global economy we must compete. i agree with senator corker. maybe we should have been up for an economic position but will you utilize the state to try to get the president to work with us to solve the issue because this is a matter of prioritizing spending and i don't think we can continue to tax the american economy. we need economic growth but it's about prioritizing spending. i have...
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the college neoconservatism in foreign policy, what is actually the conservative form of idealism about democracy, about transforming countries, about making things better by doing lots and lots of these things. and to more or less conclude that that was just not going to work in that we needed to entrench in become much more realistic our approach to foreign policy. and so i described them as such as they saw themselves as rejecting neoconservatism but it also involves essentially rejecting a lot of this kind of liberal international stuff that they regarded as kind of soft and squishy. regarded enough in this a way that conservatism regards it. soft and squishy, if not dangerous. and that tendency is very special in one particular way. the bush realist's that a conservative realist's tend to take words very, very seriously. they think that words bind. they think that words have ways to come back and buy you. and so one of the features about bolton and the bush realist's was they're very, very careful negotiation over forms of words. now, if you are the liberal internationalist idealis
the college neoconservatism in foreign policy, what is actually the conservative form of idealism about democracy, about transforming countries, about making things better by doing lots and lots of these things. and to more or less conclude that that was just not going to work in that we needed to entrench in become much more realistic our approach to foreign policy. and so i described them as such as they saw themselves as rejecting neoconservatism but it also involves essentially rejecting a...
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two days later and foreign policy, hillary and i took stairstep a nice feature. i recognize the notion that two former u.s. government officials turn university professors betting george soros and anything made an absurd, but that's what we did. we given that not only with the islamic republic still beat the rams government and a year's time, but the balance of influence and power in the middle east to be tilted even further in the favor. almost two years since iris made his feature as they were eager to collect on it. later in 2011, the back-and-forth between ayatollah khomeini, the islamic republic later and president ahmadinejad over the resignation reinstatement of the intelligence minister and other issues. the same cast of iran expert on mainstream media gave developments overblown, even hysterical treatment portraying them as unprecedented signs of an insecure regime. such analyses revealed the very least lamentable ignorance about the islamic republic political history, which since the revolution has been marked by an touch of the same kind of intense com
two days later and foreign policy, hillary and i took stairstep a nice feature. i recognize the notion that two former u.s. government officials turn university professors betting george soros and anything made an absurd, but that's what we did. we given that not only with the islamic republic still beat the rams government and a year's time, but the balance of influence and power in the middle east to be tilted even further in the favor. almost two years since iris made his feature as they...
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middle and you sit down with a bunch of farmers and they can talk foreign policy literally. they know more about what is going on because they know the folks that want to settle over there and that is what you all are about. i especially want to start by thanking fred. he has done incredibly important work and we owe him a great deal. fred, we owe you a great deal of help for what you have done to boost american exports. but every single job that you have ever taken, you have done extremely well. and i want you to know and i mean this seriously and personally and on behalf of the president we appreciate your dedication more than you know. and so it is an honor also to be with the rest of you this afternoon to have a chance to speak with so many people on the front lines of our economic renewal. i a understand probably better than almost anyone can you understand almost better than anyone the sheer potential that this global economy of words to the united states of america can you are well aware of the challenges as well to get this is a familiar story. in the post war, post
middle and you sit down with a bunch of farmers and they can talk foreign policy literally. they know more about what is going on because they know the folks that want to settle over there and that is what you all are about. i especially want to start by thanking fred. he has done incredibly important work and we owe him a great deal. fred, we owe you a great deal of help for what you have done to boost american exports. but every single job that you have ever taken, you have done extremely...
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so these issues should be seen as, it ties in with other foreign policy agendas. tom, now at georgetown university, has written very adequately on foreign policy and religious freedom. >> i think we have time for one more question. perhaps in the front row here, we have a hand. we have a microphone, microphone approaching, approaching. and we'll have just a moment left. >> hi eric and all of you. i was the president of the first north korea freedom coalition. i just wanted to mention something about the state department, kind of a little history. just, we have an infiltration of islamist sympathizers. and i'm actually concerned about that. [inaudible] just something broke yesterday. john kerry's son-in-law, which didn't come out in the vetting process, his son-in-law is an iranian. and iranian americans with very close world is in iran. and that is, it's a breakdown of the vetting process. and so i will ask you all, are you concerned about this? >> i would have to know more about the iranians. most iranian americans of course our strong opponents of every regime i
so these issues should be seen as, it ties in with other foreign policy agendas. tom, now at georgetown university, has written very adequately on foreign policy and religious freedom. >> i think we have time for one more question. perhaps in the front row here, we have a hand. we have a microphone, microphone approaching, approaching. and we'll have just a moment left. >> hi eric and all of you. i was the president of the first north korea freedom coalition. i just wanted to...
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moreover, more than ever foreign-policy his economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. every day that goes by where america it is uncertain about engaging in that area are unwilling to put our best foot forward, and went to demonstrate our resolve, to lead is a day in which we weaken our nation itself my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that americans strengthen prospects abroad depend on american strength and resolve a home. it's hard to tell the leaders of a number of countries that have to deal with imf, balance the budget, create economic order with there's none if we don't provide it for soles. it's also imperative that in implementing president obama sufficient for the world as the ends more than a decade of war and we join together to augment our message to the world. president obama and everyone of us here knows that american foreign policy is not defined by drones and deployments along. we cannot allow the extraordinary good
moreover, more than ever foreign-policy his economic policy. the world is competing for resources in global markets. every day that goes by where america it is uncertain about engaging in that area are unwilling to put our best foot forward, and went to demonstrate our resolve, to lead is a day in which we weaken our nation itself my plea is that we can summon across party lines without partisan diversions and economic patriotism which recognizes that americans strengthen prospects abroad...
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foreign policy. and so, we made progress in increasing personnel exchanges and rebalancing the authorities and in a variety of interactions that the relationship is more intimate and closer than ever before. it's not just with the osd, ostrich adtran office of secretary of defense policy. the defense to dodgy security agency about these agencies take actions, which can have impact on foreign policy and we really rebuilt the capacity of the political military to have the expertise to interact with dod on its own terms. so it is one of the things that has been a real accomplishment. another issue is that the focus on has been a geopolitical changes that have really occurred during the last four years. so that means, for example, tremendous changes in the middle east, the so-called arab spring. that's enormous complicated issues and challenges in libya, egypt, the golf, young men, syria now. dataset implications for security systems policy as well as the major department of defense interacts as well and
foreign policy. and so, we made progress in increasing personnel exchanges and rebalancing the authorities and in a variety of interactions that the relationship is more intimate and closer than ever before. it's not just with the osd, ostrich adtran office of secretary of defense policy. the defense to dodgy security agency about these agencies take actions, which can have impact on foreign policy and we really rebuilt the capacity of the political military to have the expertise to interact...
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then more recently i get more interested in american foreign policy. >> sure also a senior fellow at the u.s. joint special operations. what do you do there? >> well, i joined the special operations unit in tampa. i write on insurgency's for them , things like winning hearts and minds or some of the military practices that we use such as indirect warfare which is a fancy term. we get others to help and partner with us about things about dividing our enemies so that we don't take on all our enemies but, perhaps, use them against each other. currently i am looking into the relationship between specialw forces and the centralñv intelligence agency. >> we have not talked about a run yet. what is in your view the best policy? >> it is most formidable of all of the rogue states. and it is the most difference. the other rogue states were dictatorships, military dictatorships, some which imitated the soviet union with tracking this socialism and communism such as north korea and cuba. others were more military dictatorships such as libya, iran and iraq, but i should say, it emerged from
then more recently i get more interested in american foreign policy. >> sure also a senior fellow at the u.s. joint special operations. what do you do there? >> well, i joined the special operations unit in tampa. i write on insurgency's for them , things like winning hearts and minds or some of the military practices that we use such as indirect warfare which is a fancy term. we get others to help and partner with us about things about dividing our enemies so that we don't take on...
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the independent foreign policy. here we have to keywords and i believe these two words actually defined the nature of the whole policy. first, independence. why independence is so important for chinese foreign policy and for the country? of course china has been an independent country for many centuries. we cherished independence very much and it is one of our fundamental values. but from 1840 to 1949, china was invaded by foreign power and lost much of its independence. princetons, china's custom services from 1861 to 1911 was controlled by a british official china was coerced into 343 illegal treaties at gunpoint. within authority million kilograms for the war and china lost 1.6 million square kilometers. so during that period it wasn't treated with respect, justice or fairness on the world stage. they are remembered by the chinese nation as a century of national humiliation. this led to the chinese revolution in the 20th century and motivated generations of chinese in the struggle with two national independence.
the independent foreign policy. here we have to keywords and i believe these two words actually defined the nature of the whole policy. first, independence. why independence is so important for chinese foreign policy and for the country? of course china has been an independent country for many centuries. we cherished independence very much and it is one of our fundamental values. but from 1840 to 1949, china was invaded by foreign power and lost much of its independence. princetons, china's...
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this was after the crisis in the foreign policy. there was a deep crisis in american governance each and we remember this is posted vietnam syndrome when the nation was reluctant in international affairs. jimmy carter has hardly improved the situation but you have to sympathize with his predicament. president obama came to power after two terms of george w. bush, which i have to say did not quite improve american global spending. at the same time the united states maintains the predominant power, no question about that pitted the united states remains a predominant economic power. that is what putin basically was talking about. in terms of the financial system we build it and continue to run it and everyone depends upon us and on the chinese. .. even if you are exceptional, you have two act and the purpose and i think when people in different countries, they're asking, what kind of barack obama are they dealing with? i got a call yesterday from a leading gentleman journalist who reminded me how obama the team immensely popular in eu
this was after the crisis in the foreign policy. there was a deep crisis in american governance each and we remember this is posted vietnam syndrome when the nation was reluctant in international affairs. jimmy carter has hardly improved the situation but you have to sympathize with his predicament. president obama came to power after two terms of george w. bush, which i have to say did not quite improve american global spending. at the same time the united states maintains the predominant...
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they had a policy of having foreign dignitaries speak here at the press club. and so women assigned to cover the people were cooped up here in the hot, miserable balcony where they couldn't eat and here they could see men colleagues down on the floor having a nice lunch. also they couldn't hear up there. they didn't have enough room to take notes with it was miserable. that was indicative of the state of women in the days. there was a women at "the washington post," i knew her well, suzanne in the book she was taken off a prize civil rights assignment at the post because the people who were involved in this civil rights protest were going to have meeting here at the press club. and because weren't allowed in the press club, the "post" instead of complaining said we'll assign a man to it. that's the way things were. >> what was your beat at "the washington post"? >> i had a variety of beats at the "post." i covered the suburbs the city of alexander rei ya and i later covered which is now the superior court, welfare, and education. the d.c. public schools. i was
they had a policy of having foreign dignitaries speak here at the press club. and so women assigned to cover the people were cooped up here in the hot, miserable balcony where they couldn't eat and here they could see men colleagues down on the floor having a nice lunch. also they couldn't hear up there. they didn't have enough room to take notes with it was miserable. that was indicative of the state of women in the days. there was a women at "the washington post," i knew her well,...
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you should trust in american foreign policy and in our wisdom. we know what we are doing and you should support us. they would look at you very politely and not say anything. and then we went six months back and announcing this policy there is a deadline they would say you and your policy is only good for one year they would say no, no, no, we are going to succeed in one year and then they would say but that makes all of your conclusions and arguments even less credible than before because we know that this isn't a one year game so how are you going to do it? as soon as this was done we ended up going back and saying we are starting the troop withdrawal and we are going to be gone by 2014. so, what i saw is it is almost like we were constantly talking to ourselves, this largely america headline driven it sounded good. it never convince anybody. in fact by the end what i saw is they concluded that we are confused and lack commitment. it's very dangerous for those countries to hitch their wagons to the united states wouldn't you just wait for me to
you should trust in american foreign policy and in our wisdom. we know what we are doing and you should support us. they would look at you very politely and not say anything. and then we went six months back and announcing this policy there is a deadline they would say you and your policy is only good for one year they would say no, no, no, we are going to succeed in one year and then they would say but that makes all of your conclusions and arguments even less credible than before because we...
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military as the two-time foreign policy because they did not cause the war it was the decision of the civilian of the pentagon and the white house and the state department and the war it -- the way it played out that general petraeus and that being a hero of the iraq war and the surge in debt being the military solution to a catastrophe caused that way and as the expression -- expression goes they drink their own chalaza they can now thinking it deserved all the resources it could get and has the solution to the problem and definitely doesn't need diplomats or diplomacy. and thought it has reinvented the ending of the warsaw with world war ii we go to vietnam are varieties of war around the world but the diplomats and dip negotiating and to look at the balkans in vietnam kissinger are holbrooke were in charge and the military provided them to the with many to go to negotiations in paris with the backing of the military. so it came to be a coin strategy not only the savior of the war with a counterinsurgency of what would end the war by america's global strategy to deal with terrorism
military as the two-time foreign policy because they did not cause the war it was the decision of the civilian of the pentagon and the white house and the state department and the war it -- the way it played out that general petraeus and that being a hero of the iraq war and the surge in debt being the military solution to a catastrophe caused that way and as the expression -- expression goes they drink their own chalaza they can now thinking it deserved all the resources it could get and has...
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foreign policy. he ran on the national security because we were in the cold war and that is what was on the forefront of the mind of the american people. and so, during the cold war period, we tended to address those issues in the campaigns. to argue them out of the american people made decisions based upon whom the assessed was the best person for the foreign policy and national security committee and as the berlin wall fell, and by the way i would say that ronald reagan had a lot to say about foreign policy and national security as he was campaigning then when the berlin wall came down they were turned much more inward. i would say to final things. number one, we at the foundation that i am chairing and president of believe that the opportunity combined with the economic power of the united states and the restoration of the economy is the number-one issue and i believe every poll shows that the american people think that the economic health of the country is the number-one issue and it will manifes
foreign policy. he ran on the national security because we were in the cold war and that is what was on the forefront of the mind of the american people. and so, during the cold war period, we tended to address those issues in the campaigns. to argue them out of the american people made decisions based upon whom the assessed was the best person for the foreign policy and national security committee and as the berlin wall fell, and by the way i would say that ronald reagan had a lot to say about...
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the independent foreign policy. now we have two keywords from the cabinet and peace. i believe it's two words actually defying the nature of the whole policy. first, independent. why independence is so important for china's current policy for the country. china has been an independent country for many centuries. we cherish independence very much and it is one of our fundamental ideas. from 1840 to 1949, china was invaded by foreign powers time and again and lost much of its independent. for instance, china's customs service from 1861 to 1911 was bush official, robert hahn. china was coerced into 343 illegal treaties at gunpoint. he was 14 million kilograms of silver for war spot on it homeland and china lost 1.6 million of territory. so during that period, china has little say on its own feet and was not treated with respect, justice or fairness on the world stage. these 100 years or so i remembered that the chinese nation as a century of national humiliation. this was the chinese revolution in the 20th century and most of this generation of chinese in the struggle ga
the independent foreign policy. now we have two keywords from the cabinet and peace. i believe it's two words actually defying the nature of the whole policy. first, independent. why independence is so important for china's current policy for the country. china has been an independent country for many centuries. we cherish independence very much and it is one of our fundamental ideas. from 1840 to 1949, china was invaded by foreign powers time and again and lost much of its independent. for...
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policy. so there are many different interrelations here that unfortunately seem to be getting more serious by the day and we have a panel that i think is certainly one of the best panels one could possibly put together to talk about this. the real top experts in the united states on this subject. our first panelist is spike bowman who is a specialist in national security law and policy. most recently he served as the deputy of the national counterintelligence executive. he served before that is the senior research fellow at the national defense university and prior to that he was in the senior executive service federal bureau of investigation is the senior counsel for national security law and is director of the intelligence issues group at the national security branch. please join me in welcoming spike bowman. [applause] >> thank you, john. when we think of organized crime i think most of us incorporated about the east coast of the united states when we look at the crime families and things
policy. so there are many different interrelations here that unfortunately seem to be getting more serious by the day and we have a panel that i think is certainly one of the best panels one could possibly put together to talk about this. the real top experts in the united states on this subject. our first panelist is spike bowman who is a specialist in national security law and policy. most recently he served as the deputy of the national counterintelligence executive. he served before that is...
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>>host: what percent of foreign policy is focused on the road? >> a great deal. it does not go. we have a problem with china from time to time or our european allies, and certainly recurrence of power struggles with the government is in russia but also very small states but because of the nuclear factor or chemical or biological, they attract a lot of attention to as a consequence we spend a disproportionate time may be some times when her to% but then in the same as the case of boris korea it comes for example, negative tension over the last three or four weeks and how it seems to be dissipating in.will reemerge later on. there are times the unit's states is focused would have to present or 40 percent of our we have the internal crisis or a political even to a and all of the attention. i could give you legislation or in economic problem but the foreign policy from the size that they are, they+ argue -- occupy a great deal of attention that it has collapsed. >> would about cuba? >>guest: at one time it was the spearpoint they were the most aggressive with nicaragua, bolivia, ev
>>host: what percent of foreign policy is focused on the road? >> a great deal. it does not go. we have a problem with china from time to time or our european allies, and certainly recurrence of power struggles with the government is in russia but also very small states but because of the nuclear factor or chemical or biological, they attract a lot of attention to as a consequence we spend a disproportionate time may be some times when her to% but then in the same as the case of...
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foreign-policy. one of the first things i did as secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues and the first ambassador at large. i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making that office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women incorporated key security building worldwide and we have seen successes in places like liberia. we have urged leaders of egypt tunisia and libya to recognize women as equal citizens with important contributions to make. we are supporting women entrepreneurs around the world and it would creating jobs in driving growth. said technology, development, human rights and women. i know that a lot of pundits are that list and they say isn't that all soft? what about the hard stuff? will, that is a false choice. we need both. and no one should think otherwise. i will be the first to stand up and proclaim loudly and clearly t
foreign-policy. one of the first things i did as secretary was to elevate the office of global women's issues and the first ambassador at large. i'm very pleased that yesterday the president signed a memorandum making that office permanent. in the past four years we have made -- [applause] thank you. in the past four years we have made a major push at the united nations to integrate women incorporated key security building worldwide and we have seen successes in places like liberia. we have...
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american foreign policy retreat. he is briefed presidents, congress, many influential and not so intelligent people. he was born in tehran in 1960, and his family came to the united states having left tehran after the revolution. he has a bachelor's from masters , and earned his phd. well done. i won't go through your long list of accomplishments. there are special. but i would especially draw attention to a great part of your book which is the time you spent working under richard holbrooke in 20005-11 as part of the special office, special adviser on pakistan and afghanistan. special advisor to the secretary of state. there are always other offices one discovers that do the same thing you do, and that is part of the problem as you liotta your book which i found fascinating. other share how complex within islam will shape the future, forces of fortune, the rise of the new middle-class and what it will mean for our world. and in the you foretells certain great events that become the rise of sectarianism, although i di
american foreign policy retreat. he is briefed presidents, congress, many influential and not so intelligent people. he was born in tehran in 1960, and his family came to the united states having left tehran after the revolution. he has a bachelor's from masters , and earned his phd. well done. i won't go through your long list of accomplishments. there are special. but i would especially draw attention to a great part of your book which is the time you spent working under richard holbrooke in...
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the foreign policy was. even though we were in the big war or spending $100 billion a month on the war, in the end, our strategy was not governed by finishing the war. the domestic policies which basically said, you know, do what the military wants because then that's popular and the responsibility with them. we don't want to do anything risky where the president has to risk political capital. that's why you need to cage hole brooke or basically shoot down the idea of -- >> host: and they weren't sure easy to control. >> guest: eventually could say no to this and that. and but, you know, he continued to believe that this war the strategy is wrong. he thought that if we search it will exit faster and exit leave the region without anything to show for the war. it's going to hurt his more. and five years down the road you have another 9/11. it comes exactly from that region and revert back to everything we talked about in 2001, 2002. >> host: we've done a lot of criticizing. president obama and what he's done a
the foreign policy was. even though we were in the big war or spending $100 billion a month on the war, in the end, our strategy was not governed by finishing the war. the domestic policies which basically said, you know, do what the military wants because then that's popular and the responsibility with them. we don't want to do anything risky where the president has to risk political capital. that's why you need to cage hole brooke or basically shoot down the idea of -- >> host: and they...
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i don't develop policy. i don't do foreign policy. i don't of military. i don't the military tactics. once congress and the executive branch decide what the policy or program is, we didn't see how well it is done. if there's problems we make recommendations. so going back to the taxation issue, it's a critical issue. right now the afghan government, what they collect is about $2 billion a year. just paying for the afghan national security forces, is over 4 billion. then you at all those other programs. so the problem is you can see there's a delta between what the afghans collect and the cost of running their government, the cost of fighting the taliban, and possibly maintaining order there. that difference is being supported by the united states taxpayer and by our allies. but it conditions. the collar and others have some concerns. about how well that is being spent but that value, a lot of discussion they came out of the tokyu of course about the internet community is not going to want what they're trying to put conditions on, rightly so, on the build
i don't develop policy. i don't do foreign policy. i don't of military. i don't the military tactics. once congress and the executive branch decide what the policy or program is, we didn't see how well it is done. if there's problems we make recommendations. so going back to the taxation issue, it's a critical issue. right now the afghan government, what they collect is about $2 billion a year. just paying for the afghan national security forces, is over 4 billion. then you at all those other...